vigintillion

[vahy-jin-til-yuhn]

noun

plural

vigintillions ,

plural

vigintillion .

1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 63 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 120 zeros.

adjective

1. amounting to one vigintillion in number.

Other Word Forms

• vigintillionth adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vigintillion¹

1900–05; < Latin vīgint ( ī ) twenty + -illion, as in million

Example Sentences

The population of the world, therefore, would have been 18,932,139,737,991 decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion; or 18,932,139,737,991 vigintillion, vigintillion, vigintillion, vigintillion, vigintillion, vigintillion.

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